New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Wednesday discharged businessman Abhishek Verma and his wife Anca Maria in connection with an arms deal bribery case. Verma and his wife were arrested for allegedly bribing officials to get arms conglomerate Rheinmetall removed from blacklist of the defence ministry for arms deals. They had been behind bars since 2012. A judge noted that the investigative agency did not bring enough evidence to frame charges against the accused in the case. The German company has been accused by the CBI of paying Verma over USD 5,30,000 to get it off a defence ministry blacklist. The CBI started its investigation into the bribery scandal in 2011.(ANI)

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 18 (ANI): An FIR has been registered against Bengaluru District Youth Congress General Secretary Mohammed Haris Nalapad and ten others for allegedly beating up a person in a restaurant in Bengaluru's UB City.

Agartala (Tripura) [India], Feb 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tripura president Biplab Kumar Deb on Sunday said the state election results will be historic as the party is definitely going to win in the poll-bound state.

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New Delhi [India], Feb.18 (ANI): Women and girls who get raped or molested need to be given justice on time or they will never believe anyone, person or institution, said a woman from Arunachal Pradesh, who has allegedly accused incumbent Chief Minister Pema Khandu and two others of raping her in July

Agartala (Tripura) [India], Feb 18 (ANI): As voting gets underway for 59 out of the 60 state assembly seats, voters here in Tripura's Udaipur await a government that can help spur holistic development of the state.